Parsha Potpourri

V'asisa bigdei Kodesh l'Aharon achicha l'kavod ul'tifares (28:2) Rav Yitzchok Hutner once related that while studying in the Slabodka yeshiva in Europe, he often heard...

V’asu li Mikdash v’shachanti b’socham (25:8) One of the blessings commonly given to a newly-engaged couple is “Der zivug zohl oleh yafeh zein.” While it...

V’ki yigach shor … v’im shor nagach hu mit’mol shil’shom v’huad biv’alav (21:28-29) A common criticism of yeshiva students is that they spend their days...

Ki asher r’isem es Mitzrayim hayom lo sosifu lirosam od ad olam (14:13) Vayar Yisroel es Mitzrayim meis al s’fas ha’yam (14:30) The Beis HaLevi,...

Lachein emor liV'nei Yisroel ani Hashem v'hotzeisi eschem mitachas sivlos Mitzrayim (6:6) Hashem instructed Moshe to tell the Jewish people that He will take them...

Havah nis'chakmah lo (1:10) In the early days of the state of Israel, one of the most painful episodes for religious Jewry was known as...

V'sham itanu na'ar Ivri eved l'sar ha'tabachim (41:12) Rashi writes that even when he was forced to mention Yosef’s remarkable ability to interpret dreams, the...

Izim masayim u'teyashim esrim (32:15) Prior to his fateful encounter with his irate brother Eisav, Yaakov made multiple efforts to appease him. Among the avenues...

Vayeitzei Yaakov miBe’er Shava vayeilech Charana (28:10) Those who pay careful attention to the parsha while reviewing it or during its public reading on Shabbos...

Vayomer Hashem el Avram lech lecha me’artzecha umimoladtecha umibeis avicha el ha’aretz asher areka v’e’escha l’goy gadol v’avarech’cha v’agadla shmecha vehyeh beracha (12:1-2) In commanding...

בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ (1:1) On Simchas Torah, we complete the annual cycle of the public reading of the Torah by finishing Parshas...

Vayomer aleihem ben meah v’esrim shana anochi hayom (31:2)             Rav Chaim Kanievsky is world-renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and memory, as well as for...

כי קרוב אליך הדבר מאד בפיך ובלבבך לעשתו (30:14) The Ponovezher Rav once traveled toSouth Africato strengthen and encourage the Lithuanian Jews who had relocated...

ואמרת לפני ד' אלקיך בערתי הקדש מן הבית וגם נתתיו ללוי ולגר ליתום ולאלמנה ככל מצותך אשר צויתני לא עברתי ממצותיך ולא שכחתי (26:13) There is...

וראית בשביה אשת יפת תאר וחשקת בה ולקחת לך לאשה (21:11) Parshas Ki Seitzei begins by discussing the y’fas toar – woman of beautiful form. The Torah...

נביא מקרבך מאחיך כמני יקים לך ד' אלקיך אליו תשמעון (18:15) A biography was once written about Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin. Before publication, the manuscript was shown...

Lo sa’ason kein l’Hashem Elokeichem (12:4) After instructing the Jewish people to break and smash the idolatrous temples and pillars which they will find in...

Vay’dabeir Moshe el roshei ha’matos liv’nei Yisroel leimor zeh ha’davar asher tzivah Hashem ish ki yidor neder L’Hashem … lo yachel devaro k’chol ha’yotzei...

Pinchas ben Elozar ben Aharon HaKohen heishiv es chamasi me’al B’nei Yisroel b’kano es kinasi (25:11) The mystics teach that through his actions, Pinchas atoned...

Vayomer Hashem el Moshe v'el Aharon ya'an lo he'emantem bee l'hakdisheini l'einei B'nei Yisroel la'chein lo savi'u es ha'kahal ha'zeh el ha'aretz asher nasati...

Vayishlach osam Moshe mimidbar Paran al pi Hashem kulam anashim roshei B’nei Yisroel heima (13:3) In relating that Moshe sent spies to scout out the...

Zacharnu es hadaga asher nochal b’Mitzrayim chinam (11:5) On our verse, which relates that the complainers lamented their recollection of the fish they used to...

Se'u es Rosh kol adas B'nei Yisroel (1:2) There is a mystical idea that the content of the parsha read each Shabbos is connected to...

V'safarta lecha sheva shab'sos shanim sheva shanim sheva pe'amim (25:8) After relating the mitzvah of allowing the land to rest every seven years during Shemittah...

U'min HaMikdash lo yeitzei (21:12) After detailing the laws governing Kohanim, the Torah turns to the unique requirements for the Kohen Gadol, one of which...

Vay’dabeir Hashem el Moshe acharei mos shnei b’nei Aharon b’kirvasam lifnei Hashem vayamusu (16:1) In commanding Aharon not to enter the Kodesh Kodashim without permission,...

והרים את הדשן אשר תאכל האש את העלה על המזבח ... והוציא את הדשן אל מחוץ למחנה (6:3-4) Our parsha begins with the mitzvah of...

Adam ki yakriv mikem korban l'Hashem (1:2) Sefer Bereishis discusses the creation of the universe and the formation of the Jewish people. The book of...

V’chol hanashim asher nasah liban osana b’chochma tavu es ha’izim (35:26)             Rashi writes that the women displayed special skills and wisdom in spinning the...

Vayomer Hashem el Moshe kach lecha samim nataf ush’cheiles v’chelbena samim u’levona zakah … v’asisa osah ketores (30:34-35) At the end of the morning prayers...

V’haya al Aharon l’shares v’nishma kolo b’vo’o el HaKodesh lifnei Hashem uv’tzeiso v’lo yamus (28:35)             The Gemora in Pesachim (112a) records that Rabbi Akiva...

V'asu li Mikdash v'shachanti b'socham (25:8) In Shir HaShirim (3:11), Shlomo HaMelech refers to an event which occurred on the day of his wedding and...

Im ra’ah b’einei adoneha asher lo y’adah ... v’im liv’no yiadenah k’mishpat ha’banos ya’aseh lah (21:8-9) The Mishnah in Avos (3:17) teaches that without Torah...

Vayishma Yisro (18:1) Rashi writes that Yisro was known by seven different names, each of which has a different meaning. One of the names is...

Vaya’minu b’Hashem uv’Moshe avdo (14:31) After witnessing the death of their Egyptian pursuers, the Torah testifies that the Jewish people believed in Hashem and His...